Scientists have used CRISPR technology to develop a new generation of gene-edited pigs that may one day provide much-needed donor organs for people. The genetically engineered animals are described in
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Air pollution leads to higher rates of depression and suicide, according to a new study published on 18 December in Environmental Health Perspectives (1). Since more than 90 per cent
On average, female researchers earn less, receive less funding, and are cited less than their male colleagues. In a new paper published on 16 December in the British Medical Journal,
Recently, a 5700-year-old piece of chewed birch pitch from Denmark was discovered by archaeologists during excavations east of Rødbyhavn in southern Denmark. Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have
Scientists are using machine learning to map microbial communities in the human body. Two new papers published this week in PLOS One and Science provide some incredible insights into the
Both the scale and speed of Greenland’s ice losses are much higher than predicted, according to a new paper published on 10 December in Nature (1). The authors claim ice
The majority of climate models published between the early 1970s and late 2000s were remarkably accurate, according to a systematic review published on 4 December in Geophysical Research Letters (1).
Scientists have created the first ‘rigorous’ map of the sustainability of global food systems that moves beyond focusing solely on the agriculture-nutrition connection and introduces all the different elements of
Scientists have discovered how stem cell therapies repair heart tissue — and not by replacing damaged cells with new cells, as previously thought. Instead, injecting stem cells into the injured
Coating seeds with bacteria, silk, and sugar could allow plants to thrive in saline environments, according to a new study published on 25 November in Proceedings of the National Academy